Water attachment for drilling-machines.



C. B. RICHARD-S WATER ATTACHMENT FUR DRILLING'MACHINES.

' APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2,-1909.

1,059,563 Patented Apr.22,1913

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APPLICATION IILED JUNE 2,1909.

1,059,563.- Patented Apr. 22,- 1 13.

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WITNESSES IWVENTOR V WM7XKAIQ q Maw rirjrhiw CHARLES B. RICHARDS, or CLEVELAND. oiim-Assmiioii. BY MESNE As'smimwiirs, TO THE CLEVELAND ROCK DRILL COMPANY OF-CLEVELAND. OHIO, A CORPURA- HATER ATTACHMENT FOR DRILLINGMACHINES.

fipecii'icatimi of Letters Patent.

pplication. filod Juno 2, 1909. Serial No. 499 731 llo ii known that .l CHARLES R Rim!- inns, u citizen of lhe United Shires, residing at Cleveland. in l'he vomit of (.luyzghogm and Stole of Ohio, have'invenled cor win new and useful improvements; in Blinker Atlzrch nu-uls for Drilling-lilachines, sot forth in the fi'illowing specification.

The in'ieiiiionrelates to aitlm'limontrs for supplying water or other iluir. 'lorwu'i'lly 'lhrough the (lllll (luring; the drilling open uiiiousi :uul has for its. l)1.lll(?l}[)ll ohjeolo; tho provision of on imppiveil :in l zulvuulagooih arrangement of lhe Waiter ring Willi rospool' l0 lhe i'lriil poi-ls: lhe provision of on urrungenia-nt whereby the Grill may lui'hung'eiil or reocweil without iulori m'ouoi. with the rots-r supply alxi i'clmieul rand the provision of an improved moons ior' mounting the water rii'lg. Certain embodiments are illustrated in lhL g1ocoinpzmyiug (lruivings, wlferoih Figure 1 is a longitiulino Section through the (irilling inuchine embodying iho invention,

Figure 2 IS an enlarged parlnsl FGCUOI} through the fronl out: or the piston and water ring, and

l "igii1'-e 3 is a setion on thiline III-fill of Figure 2" in drilling; murhiiir-sv as horoloiom (onstruole l. fluiil has been ustuully conducted fo lihe pussfige through lho ilril in one of the following ways. A wator ring provided with a passage comniunicuting \vilh the possago in rho drill was iuouul'cd on the drill itself; or fluid was supplied to @ho passage in the drill. means of a passage through the pislon carrying the drill, such killer pzis sage communicuting Willi u. pasougo loading through the portion of the machine in which lho piston was mounted for reoiproialion. in the first inslim co, more or loss diliicully was orqaerioooerl. llli maintaining the water "ring upon the drill, Ll change in the drill irc-(i ii ol 1: or rho writer ring;

900 mi oompliciil we, on oxpousiro and wrung :nirnt 'o'l pasanal packing l was required, nd leakage to the (fill .r of the machine liable lo oci'au My invention do good to overcome tho lorogomg UlJJQCl lQHS by, a. and inexpensive arrangement."

proved form pimped rubber members 1'7.

part6 upon which the ring 7 swiv which briefly. slated. conois'l's in iuouniing (he \vnl'cr ringupon the piston in iho novel :i'ucl ollerlivo manner herrinaftor more parl'ir-ulzii'ly sol forth.

Referring now lo th drawings zmi'l particularly lo Fig. l. the prhu-ipol parts may he (llllllllliill'lll as follows. 1 is l'ho cylinder of iho n'nichiue which may he of any upllllll 3 are pmsngcs rlu'ough wh ch fluid isgzillernuioly sumilied mul GT7? lmuulml from the opposite lllllS of the cyliuilmz' tho valve mechanism for controlling surh pnu ugos loving iunnul'orizil insofar as 'lhe .prosvnl invention is ronceruod, and not shown; l is (he main or bocly portion oi lho PlRlOn. which piston is provided zit its front portion with-tho Mom 5, and enlarged purl (i f Fig. 2) T is what may ho lormoi'llho u'ul or ring although other fiuiils' lhun wzitor umyhu' supplied thereto if desired, such ring living ivolml upon the nulnrgml path 6 of lhe piston; 8 is :1 chuck member preferably integral with lho enlarged par (3; and 9 is the rlrill. which may be of any approved form and which is held in the chuck in the usual manner by moons of i1 key 10, :ml a U bolt 11.

The m'nnnr in which the Water rim" is Juountcrl upon th'o enlargecl part 6, and

\\'lll(ll fluid-is supplied from such water ring lo the drill is-best shown in Figs. and Z. In hero hoivn lho drill provided will; the longitudinally oxti'mling passage 12 which passage registers at its rearlend Willi afpas wigs 13 in the enlarged portflfi. The Wilfii" ring has its interior diameter lIICElELZlS L at ll so 21H lo provide a continuous possugo about the periphery of the onlargeii part' 6, and (he passage l3 oommuniczites with this annular passage 14. wil'h ii fluid inlet passage 15, the supply hose lining ulluchecl lo the portion 16. Leakage is prevented by means of tho pair of i;

"he c lar upon the forward v.erul of the onhirggi 5 ll prevents forward movement of lho' ring, ancl a split collar 20 s crew ihremlod upon fhepart 6 and held securely in position by means of a iransverso bolt 2i (F 1), pro vents rearward movement of the ring. The main h'hily' porl'ion 4 of the piston iii made of los diameter than that portion of the la, so llmt The ring is supplied the ring may be made in one piece and can be positioned by slipping 1t over the portion Q before lnserting the DIFtOI'l ln-the cylinder.

It will be seen from the foregoing that't-hef 1 front thereof, an enlarged part at the front end of the stem of 'a diameter greater than that of the piston, a drill secured in the front end of theenlarged part and provided with a passage, stop means on the enlarged part, a one piece waterring swireled on the enlarged part and held against forward movement by the stop. means, and a split detachable collar secured to the enlarged part at the rear of-the Water ring, the enlarged part being provided with afpassage communicating with the passage in the drill, and the-Water ring being provided with a water inlet passage communicating with the passage in the enlarged part.

2. In combination in a fluid operated drilling machine, an operating member comprising a piston and a stem, an enlarged portion at the front end of said stem of greater diameter than the piston and provided with a shoulder and with a water passage, a chuck to the front of the enlarged portion, a one piece water ring swiveled on the enlarged portion and bearing against the shoulder, a split holding collar threaded on the enlarged portion to the rear of the Water ring, and means for clamping the collar tightly upon the enlarged portion.

In combination in a fluid operated drilling machine, an operating member comprising a piston. and astem, an enlarged portion at the front end of said stem of greater diameter than the piston and pro- \ided with a shoulder and'with a Water pas sage. a chuck to the front of theenlarged portion, a one piece Water ring swiveled on the enlarged portion and bearing against the shoulder, a split holding collar threaded on the enlarged portion to the rear of the water ring, and threaded means for clamping the ends of the collar together.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

CHARLES B. RICHARDS. lVitnesses F. J. CONNELLY, L. W. GREVE. 

